Navigate the Battlefield with Specimen Freighter
Specimen Freighter from the Edge of Eternities set offers a blend of control and endurance that fits well within any blue artifact or control deck. As a spacecraft artifact, it enters the battlefield ready to disrupt your opponent’s strategy by returning up to two non-Spacecraft creatures to their owners’ hands. This ability provides a versatile tempo swing, buying you time to establish your game plan or reset problematic threats.
Beyond its disruptive entrance, Specimen Freighter’s Station ability rewards careful resource management. Tapping another creature to charge this spacecraft can turn it into a formidable flying threat with power and toughness scaling based on the counters gained. At 9+ counters, it becomes an artifact creature with vigilance and flying, forcing opponents to consider the consequences of blocking or letting it through. Its attack triggers a mill effect that pressures your opponent’s library, adding another layer of strategic depth.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost: {5}{U}
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Card Type: Artifact
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Subtypes: Spacecraft
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Card Text: When this Spacecraft enters, return up to two target non-Spacecraft creatures to their owners’ hands.
Station — (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Spacecraft. Station only as a sorcery. It’s an artifact creature at 9+.)
Flying
Whenever this Spacecraft attacks, defending player mills four cards.
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Power / Toughness: 4/7
